Sec. 604.1031.  CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION REQUIREMENT FOR CERTIFICATE OR TEMPORARY PERMIT.  (a)  The advisory board shall require that an applicant for a certificate or temporary permit submit a complete and legible set of fingerprints, on a form prescribed by the advisory board, to the advisory board or to the Department of Public Safety for the purpose of obtaining criminal history record information from the Department of Public Safety and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(b)  The advisory board may not issue a certificate or temporary permit to a person who does not comply with the requirement of Subsection (a).
(c)  The advisory board shall conduct a criminal history check of each applicant for a certificate or temporary permit using information:
(1)  provided by the individual under this section; and
(2)  made available to the advisory board by the Department of Public Safety, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and any other criminal justice agency under Chapter 411, Government Code.
(d)  The advisory board may:
(1)  enter into an agreement with the Department of Public Safety to administer a criminal history check required under this section; and
(2)  authorize the Department of Public Safety to collect from each applicant the costs incurred by the Department of Public Safety in conducting the criminal history check.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 2.163, eff. September 1, 2015.